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WORK IN PROGRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does work in progress mean?
• WORK IN PROGRESS (noun)
The noun WORK IN PROGRESS has 1 sense:
1. a piece of work that is not yet finished
Familiarity information: WORK IN PROGRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piece of work that is not yet finished
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("work in progress" is a kind of...):
piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)
Context examples
“Of course, our knowledge of red supergiants remains incomplete, and this is still a work in progress, so a surprise can still happen.”
(ESO Telescope Sees Surface of Dim Betelgeuse, ESO)
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